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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1916
Page
8
Small sectional maps of Cheyenne County offered by The Telegraph for sale. Dual proof letter files available for purchase. Five cents each. Subscriptions for all magazines on periodicals will be taken at this office. Apply any time.
A loan of 500000 dollars is offered on Cheyenne County lands with no delays and eight percent interest. For particulars inquire of Bentley Land Co.
For sale old newspapers for pantry shelves and carpet linings and more. At this office. FARM LOANS. If you want a FARM LOAN call J. W. Harper. Plenty of money. Also agent for the Guarantee Life Fund Association writes fire and accident insurance, J W. HARPER, Agent, Sidney, Neb.
Multiple classified items advertise real estate and farm products. Joseph Morfeld of Peter Neb offers three cottages for sale a mile south of Point of Rocks. Fred Eurth lists seed corn and yellow ninety day seed oats. Eggs for setting include Pure Bred Plymouth Rock at varying prices and Turkey eggs at a dollar per setting. Listings mention Mrs B W Frazey and A B Swatzlander with contact hints and locations in Nebraska.
A fragmentary ad notes items for sale including violins coronet clarinet cello and tools plus windmill repairs pumps seeder boxes and wagons. It urges the party who removed a pump top to return it or collect the remaining balance. Also promotes hand painted china line and a home loan offer from Sidney Lumber Co with McKean Bros and V F Kucera listed.
Leo Moe of Minneapolis, an expert cigar maker, has entered the employ of Carl S. Von Bader and will assist in the manufacture of the popular Venus 5 cent cigar. Miss Emma Hand left Wednesday evening for Clark, South Dakota, where she has accepted a position in an office to do general stenographic work.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Oberfelder left Sunday for Excelsior Springs Missouri for a three week or longer recreation visit. The annual journey marks their regular leisure travel.
The 1912 cement work case Wellner versus Fred Dresser was resolved out of court on the eve of trial. Golden P Kratz, Earl Kratz’s brother, was elected class president of the senior law class at the state university. Sidney remains closely tied to the university and gains yearly recognition from there.
The High School civil government class held an in‑class election last Wednesday to acquaint pupils with election machinery. Fifty sample ballots were provided by H. T. Doran. A full election board and booths were used, and the session was enjoyable and instructive as students voted on national, state, and county tickets, emphasizing familiarity with many names.
Several hundred bushels good flax seed for sale. Inquire of F A Jack, Dalton, Neb.
Minnesota yellow dent seed corn shelled and graded ready for the planter priced at 1.75 dollars per bushel. Germination 95 percent or better. Available three miles north of Sidney at John L Sparks farm or at W A Sparks farm at Marlowe.
Sidney residents can see optometrist Harry Zick Thursday through Saturday this week and the same period next week. His office is in the O Kane building upstairs. An abstract of title in the name of Olic Simonson should be returned to American Bank. M Andrews has sold his jack Jin Crow Jr. to J L Stalnaker eleven miles southwest of Sidney. WANTED two furnished rooms for light housekeeping in Sidney or a small unfurnished house. Write Lewis R Mc Farland Gifford Nebraska Kimball County.
For sale an eight-room house on a corner lot with ample shade and fruit trees. Centrally located and listed as very reasonable. seller U. Wallick or contact U Wallick.
WANTED by neat young woman with one child for a housekeeper position. Must be a good cook and reliable in private residence. Apply to Housekeeper care of The Telegraph.
The Degree of Honor No 122 announces a social and ten cent lunch at Odd Fellows Hall after the next regular meeting on Tuesday April 18 at 8 30 PM All are invited and assured of a good time.
A daughter was born on April 16, 1916, to Mr. and Mrs. Nick Brachenbach. The note mentions awaiting the vans Stock Co. as part of the notice.
Mrs. Knox The Telegraph reporter can be reached at 222 with items or office line 1. A daughter was born Wednesday April 5 to Mr and Mrs John Livoni. Osborn Jorgenson Kratz Co sold land near Gurley. Maryayes of Chappell visited Sidney friends. Mrs J T McIntosh Grace McIntosh and Jean visited Denver for recreation. Dorcas Society luncheon yielded over Twenty one dollars. Marius Christensen aids at the post office as civil service clerk. F L VanGorder returns from eastern trip via Chicago and Omaha. Attorney J M Swenson leaves for eastern state business duties.
William Breternitz relocates his family to the old Tobin home. If the bakery is not reachable by phone, contact the house at 1382. Commissioner L R Barlow was given a warm send off by ladies on an auto trip to Sidney Monday with Mrs Floyd Barlow, Mrs Claud Smith and Mrs Fred Lehmkuhl as passengers.
Jack Best and Tom Moss of Omaha in the auditing department of Union Pacific spent last Sunday with Howard H. Yall. The three young men were roommates in Portland, Oregon, one season.
John Daugherty resumes work with the Cheyenne County Yeading Co after a period away, bringing expert grocery wrapping skills. His return brings cheer to many friends and the local community.
R E Barrett visited Sidney between trains and will spend Sunday with family in Julesburg. He has formed a partnership in the abstract business with J E Trinnier at Bridgeport and expresses satisfaction with the new business alignment.
Carl Dudley a Black man was taken by about 200 men from the Comanche county jail in Lawton Oklahoma and struck to death by a mob. Dudley had been arrested on a charge of fatally wounding Patrolman James Hayes while held for a minor offense. After the beating his body was tied to an automobile and dragged through Lawton streets disappeared.
The president of the Hague chamber read a brief statement after a secret committee session. It charged that suspending furloughs for army officers and men was precautionary to keep Holland neutral amid war, warning of potential increased danger from the conflict.
German officers seized from the American schooner Henry ten miles west of Zamboanga by a British cruiser. In New York a grand jury indicted Dr A W Waite for murder in the first degree for poisoning his father in law John F Peck a Detroit businessman. The Burnett immigration bill with literary test and Asiatic exclusion provision passed the house 308 to 87 and moves to the senate.
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